Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1896 — Page 4

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INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1896.

THK DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, lS'Jfi.

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THE INDIANA 1'OI.IH JOLHNAL Tan be found at tl f olio w lot; jla-e rAKIS AmrrUau txcb&uge la 1'ari, 36 Boulevard cle taparlte. MAY VOilK iUey House, Windsor Hotel and Astor tlonw. CHICAGO rainier House. Auditorium Hotel and 1'. O. Jie Co., VI Adams sinew C1C1N ATIJ. K. Haw ley & Co., 154 Vine street. 2.0 Li S VI I.LK C. T. leering, northwest corner of TLlrd ail Jtfferwn su., aaU LomsMlJe liook Co., XA Iwtirtbate. C7. Lot 1 Union Newi Company, Union Depot. WAMUNtJTON, D. CpTirg House, Kbbttt Ilon-je, lUartl'fi Hotel ami tbe Washington New lixcbauge, liili ktreet. t-t. lun. a. xim! street. While i It i Is not a popular loan, the Carlisle call la one remove better than the deal with the syndicate. The proposition to change the Constitution so as to enable the President to veto Items of an appropriation bill is a good one. Really, it Is not a nice thins for indignant Englishmen to apply , opprobrious epithets to the grandson of their sovereign. The Eastern mugwump seems to be the only thlck-and-thin champion of Great Britain outside of the United Kingdom and Canada. When all of a man's neighbors are against him the fact is prima facie evidence that he i3 a disagreeable person. It la the same with nations. It Is probable that a study of the Venezuelan affair will prepare us to look cat for our own interests In Alaska es we might not have done but for it. If tr.e Insurgents in Cuba desire the formr.l recognition of this government they should have it. They have forced Spain to give them a great deal of recognition cf another kind. If Bolivia's offer of 80,000 men to Venezuela Is an Indication that the South American republics will unite to defend each other, the present affair may be considered as fortunate for them. Bids for the privilege of having the Democratic national convention are not very lively. The auctioneer has been calling for thera lor weeks, but the hlshest and latest is a languid bid from New After.all, the conquest of Cuba by the Insurgents would not be so surprising as was the humiliation and defeat of China by Japan. There are occasions when victory Is not with the more numerous battalions. It looks as If the war Emperor of Germany may have been looking after something like the Boers affair by the liveliness with which he picked it up. It may divert attention from internal dissensions at home. Ferhaps It was Senator Elklns's resolution declaring that Jt is the sense of the Senate that all bonds shall le advertised for sale to the lowest bidders which caused the President to break away from the Morgan syndicate. The vote in the Senate was 4$ to 6. A mistake having been made by the British In South Africa, a scapegoat Is needed, and it looks as if Dr. Jameson had been selected for this oilice. Having committed the crime of being defeated by the lloers, the blame for the V - I -v AvrA1ttlAn will n r Vi 1 s ii 1 t j i his shoulders. The Senate should not increase the duty on sugar to please two Senators who desire to protect insignificant sugar Interests, one of them being owned by Claua Spreckels. A duty of 40 per cent, ad valorem on raw sugar and nearly AZ on refined sugar is enough when it draws more heavily upon the pockets of the masses than any tax now In existence. Upon what authority does ex-County Treasurer Boland, of Madison county, afTlrm that the Supremo Court will soon pass upon the fee and salary law of 1S9j, and that when it has done so it will be an easy matter to adjust the $5,400 of fees which he has taken from the county treasury? It is an Insult to the Supreme Court for any man to make such an assumption as Mr. Boland Is reported as doing. The Chicago Tribune attributes the falling off of receipts of flour and grain In that city 12 per cent, from last year to the great quantities of grain shipped Jn the last few months from Missouri river points and beyond to New Orleans and Galveston, being taken thence to foreign countries. This is due to the outrageous discrimination" of the Southwestern roads, carrying grain from 1.000 to 1.S00 miles at the rate of 15 cents per hundred pounds, yet charging 25 cents the hundred pounds to Chicago, 500 miles distant. The Tribune does not condemn the Gould lines which carry for such low prices, but the Chicago lines because they ilo not compete with them. A correspondent who has. read what thn Journal said a few days ago about the failure or the delay of county and township ofHclals to pay into the State treasury the amount of fees, etc., which the law requires, calls attention to the sections of the present fee and salary law which make it a grave misdemeanor for such oMcials to fail to make returns of all such collections and to pay over whatever may be due from them to the State or county. The law la all right, but who will see that It is enforced? It may be added that the Journal has not charged that ofHclals will not disCArse their sworn duty In this regard.

It fs the prediction of those who have opposed the enactment of out-and-out salary laws, some of whom are or have been county ofllcers. It was one of the arguments of the county ofllcers lobby last winter which was most frequently put forth. :OT A IOIlLAIl LOA.V.

The Journal was one of the first papers In the country to advocate a popular loan. Nearly a year ago, recognizing that further loans would have to be made, it urged the administration to cut loose from bank syndicates and appeal to the people. Facts were presented giving an approximate idea of the accumulated wealth of the country, and reasons were given for believing that a popular loan, if rightly managed, would be successful in a financial point of view and beneficial otherwise. The Journal has not changed its opinion. It still believes that a popular loan properly managed would be highly successful, but it fears the present bungling attempt in that direction will not be. The most obvious criticism of the measure is that it lacks the essential elements of a popular loan. A popular loan should be a direct appeal to the people, the machinery for placing It should be such as to make It easily accessible to all classes, and the terms of sale should be definite. All these conditions are lacking in Secretary Carlisle's call. How can that be termed an appeal to the people which only calls for sealed proposals to be addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury? That fs an appeal to banks, bankers, moneyed Institutions and capitalists, but not to the people. Thousands of persons who have a few hundreds or thousands of dollars to Invest know nothing about making out bids and would shrink from opening correspondence with the Secretary of the Treasury. These bonds are to be issued In sums of Z0 and multiples thereof. It Is absurd to invite a man to forward to "Washington a sealed bid for a fiftydollar bond. The terms of the call handicap the loan from the beginning. Instead of Inviting sealed bids the bonds should have bfeen offered at an upset or minimum price, say 103. which Is about what the bank syndicate paid for the last Issue of fours, or they should have been placed on sale at nearly the present price of those bonds. In either case the government should have received bids or subscriptions at all the subtrcasurles, at every presidential postoffice and every designated national bank depository. This could have been done with very little expense. The machinery Is already in existence, and needed only to be utilized. In this way a vastly greater number of investors would have been reached, and the bonds would have been far more easily obtained. If this had been done a person desiring to invest in the bonds would have known just what he had to pay, and, with the . money In his pocket, could have gone to the nearest postofllce or national bank depository and obtained them. Now he must make up his mind what they are probably worth or what he is willing to pay, must make out a bid, formulate an offer, send it to the Secretary of the Treasury and await the opening, classification, tabulation and awarding of the bids before he can know whether his bid is accepted. The call says "all bids must state what denominations of bonds are desired, and whether coupon or registered, and at what place they will be paid for." A bid falling in any of these particulars will be rejected for informality. In short, the machinery for obtaining the bonds is so complicated and the conditions of bidding so numerous that the average citizen will feel that he ought to employ a lawyer to make out a bid. It is a misnomer to call this a popular loan. It Is not so by the terms of the call nor in the manner of its presentation, and the Journal fears it will not be so in fact. Instead of being brought near the people It is put about as far away from them and made as difficult of access as possible. GCUMA.M'S MOMtOi: DOCTRISE. Strange as It may seem in the face ot the protestations of Secretary Chamberlain, of the Salisbury Ministry, and of the British authorities m South Africa that the impetuous Dr. Jameson cut the wires and went after the Boers in spite of orders to the contrary', experienced people smiled Incredulously at the outset. Now the same experienced people openly sneer at the idea that a subordinate of the British government should be represented as ignoring his superiors in authority and going forth to war in defiance of them. It is a representation which the innocent, the more they consider it, must regard as remarkable action on the part of a subordinate in a service which, whatever else it docs, has made it very clear for hundreds of years that subordinates obey. In fact, the more the alleged insubordination of Dr. Jameson in going to war with the Boers 13 considered the more difficult one finds it to believe it. If the truth could be known it would probably be shown that all of Dr. Jameson's superiors were in the conspiracy, and might have succeeded had not the sturdy Kruger outwitted them by making such concessions to the foreigners in Johannesburg that they would not join the force sent by the British trading company. Chamberlain, the British Secretary for the Colonies, learning that the German Emperor would take a hand In the matter, saw the Importance of disavowing the action of Dr. Jameson, and his subordinates in South Africa were equally zealous and anxious to shift the responsibility upon Jameson. The unlikelihood of the Chamberlain story is, however, a matter of minor importance. The most important fact in the affair is that Germany has protested and Its protest has had weight. Indeed, it is the protest of the war Emperor which makes the situation most interesting In Great Britain. The fact which makes it most interesting to us is tliat Germany had les pretext or right to interfere with British designs In the land of the Boers than the United States had to protest against the policy of Great Britain toward Venezuela. We have the long-proclaimed Monroe doctrine to base our action upon, but Germany has nothing of the sort as the basis of Its protest or a ground for the telegram of th. Emperor extending his assistance to the Boers In defending their territory against the aggressions of the. British. At no time has Germany shown an interest in the welfare of the Boers. Now it ejstends an assistance which only governnSua hat sUnd as-t"--' teeters of

the weak can offer. It could offer no more than it has if the Boers were a German colony Instead of being an Independent government. Three weeks ago it was assumed that Germany would take sides with Great Britain In resisting our pretensions under the Monroe doctrine. Having interfered with British aggressions in South Africa without any pretext whatever, Germany cannot now take sides against us for Interfering with similar aggressions on the ground that In doing so we are enforcing a claim which has never been denied.

Hon. A. II. Garland, who was Attorney-general of the United States during President Cleveland's first administration. Is not in favor of a third term for his former chief. In fact, he believes not only that Mr. Cleveland ought not to be and would not be elected, but that no Democrat will gain the honor next time. In a long article in the Washington Post on the subject of third terms he says: "The signs of the political weather now point quite directly whatever may be the changes for the next few months to the choice for this high trust of a William (tvo chances), a Thomas, a Benjamin or a Levi." Mr. Garland seems to have a pretty fair grasp of the situation. TIII2 POHTY-FIIT1I STATE. On Saturday the President issued his proclamation announcing the admission of Utah Into the Utiion after a territorial existence which began in 1850, when, with New Mexico, it became a Territory as a part of the compromise measures of that yeal. Yesterday, with a demonstration worthy the important transition from the dependency of a Territory to the sovereignty of a State, the people and officials of Utah celebrated the important event. MormonIsm has kept Utah from the dignity and privilege of statehood for a quarter of a century. For years the most populous and flourishing of the far West settlements, Utah had In 1S70 more inhabitants than had Idaho or Wyoming when admitted into the Union in 1890. In 1S90 Utah had a population of 203,000; but, by the territorial census taken the past year, it had a population of 247,000 a gain of nearly 20 per cent, in five years. But four States have entered the Union with a larger population than Utah Maine. Wisconsin, South Dakota and Washington. , In wealth Utah is fit, to be a State: the valuation of its real and personal property was $349,000,000. At the present time the Mormon element holds the supremacy, but those who are best acquainted with the situation see nothing to fear from that influence, considering the rapid growth of population and diversity of Industry. The Constitution of the new State contains many admirable features. It provides liberally for a free school system, limits State and municipal debt, gives meager salaries with long terms for State officers, prohibits trusts, and defines as a crime any interference with the right to obtain and enjoy employment. .The only peculiarity In it is that it Insures woman suffrage and tries the experiment of a trial by jury of eight persons, three-fourths of whom can render a verdict in civil cases. To-morrow delegates of Oklahoma will assemble to form a constitution with a view to applying for admission to the Union. Its population wrarrants this action, since it is a Territory which is rapidly growing. It has not the wealth nor the stability of Utah, but its varied population, if it has not had time to take so deep root, has intelligence and push. SUNDAY PAPERS AXU THE PULPIT. . It is not worth while to engage in argument with the members of the Ministers Association over the Sunday newspaper question. The papers speak for themselves and have made their own place. They are an institution as firmly established as the week-day newspaper, and cannot be written down, preached down or frowned down. If they distract the attention of the people from the pulpit it does not follow that their Influence is not for good. The public as a rule knows its own needs, and it is just possible that it gets more profit from the paper than the pulpit. It behooves the pastors to exert themselves to offer greater attractions, to rise to a great occasion and meet the wants, moral, intellectual and spiritual, of an age which is more exacting than any which has gone before because it has wider information and greater breadth of view a breadth gained in part, at least, from newspaper reading. The time is past when the preacher was Sir Oracle to his congregation. He may still be a counselor and friend, but he cannot dictate opinions or conduct. His hearers have learned to think and act for themselves. He must adapt himself to changed conditions if he would maintain his Influence, and must work in harmony with the. new elements of so ciety and civilization, such as Sunday newspapers, and not against them. The Sunday paper has faults in common with the papers of the other six days, but these are matters of detail to be done away with or modified as time passes. It Is, at all events, not a thing to be done away with or cast Into outer darkness. The reverend brethren must try to live up to It. llUIUILES IX THE AIR. Ilovrned us L'auul. Mr. N. reck Of course, like all women, ycu have an inordinate curiosity Mr?. N. Peck-Got a curiosity, have 1? I've got a freak! I Helena Effect. "I have a story for you that will make your hair stunl on end." "Weil, what good woulJ that do? I don't know one noto on the piano from another." Advance of CIvllUntlon. "They wouldn't hang a man for watering his whisky in your State nowadays, would they. Colonel?" "N-no, sah; I think not, sah. They wouldn't do any mo now than try him fo heresy, sah." A Story of Early Day. "Er ah the new v.cman?' remarked Adam, making a motion to lift the hat he didn't have. "Correct," twittered Eve, "The very fir?t." "Er why ah how about thi bloomers? It ain't wash day. Is it?" When some man or woman sues the city for damages caused by injuries received from a fall on an Icy rlJewalk perhaps the Council will hasten its action on the ordinance requiring property owners to clean the snow from their pavements. The heavy snow that fell last week was allowed to lie on half tho walks in town until tramped down by pedestrians, with the result that walking has been made difficult and danger-

ous. It is probable that action wiuM lie against both the city and tbe owners of the property for Injuries incurred from this cause.

That was a horrible slaughter on Peloss street yesterday. Two homes made desolate In a moment and without warning. The only reasonable hypothesis is that the man Gallivan wa3 insane when he rushed so furiously upon his neighbors, but the thought that the man next door may be filled with a murderous mania at any moment Is one to cause a shiver. The tragedies of peace and civilization are many and varied in kind. ' An elghteen-year-oli Maryland girl attempted suicide the other day because she was tired of dish-washing. She must have been Influence! by the pernicious and demoralizing doctrine of the new woman that dish-washin?, with all the term implies, is not the only proper occupation for the female of the human species. ADOUT PEOFLE AXD T111XGS. Mrs. Langtrys daughter attracts much attention at the Niagara, London's new and fashionable skating rink, where she is frequently Jeen. Her skill on the Ice J3 more than ordinary, and her beauty rivals that possessed by her mother in the days wen the phrase "Jersey Lily" was invented. Prof. Heinrich Fellmath, of Munich, has started the hobby of collecting street-car tickets. He has founded a monthly bulletin, "Trambilletsport," the object of which Is to give pictures of tickets used for car fare in great cities and furnish detailed information about them. He wishes to establish a society and a tramblllet boerse. Isaao W. Raven, of Millheim, became the owner of a turnpike the other day that he didn't know what to do with. Three years ago he was thrown from a carriage on the pike and sustained a broken leg. This led to a suit for damages, and he got a verdict for $3,000, which was sustained by the Supreme Court. But the turnpike people refused to pay, and the sheriff, in attempting to satisfy the claim, only had one bidder, and that bidder was Raven, and he got the pike. Raven compromised with the company by giving back the turnpike and accepting $3,000 cash, they to pay all costs, lit is not generally known that Miss Barton is the first woman who ever held an official position under the United States government. When she was about twenty-four years of age she was appointed clerk in the Patent Office, which had then been organized but a few years, and. she was stiir holding that position when she commenced her philanthropic work at the outbreak of the civil war in lSol. She now resides in an old mansion in Seventeenth street, opposite the Stato Department, which was the headquarters of General Grant during the war, -and the Red Cross flag is always floating from the cupola. . - George Augustus Sala had a peculiarly uncerta'n temper. Once, at a dinner given by him in honor of Henry Irving, Lord Rosebery, who was among the guests, made a speech gently bantering the actor. Sala Instantly took offense and delivered a terrific tirade which began with "Archibald Philip Primrose, earl of Rosebery, you have dared this- night to insult a man who has served his country In every quarter of the glob" And so on at great length, with tremendous vehemence. The table was thunderstruck, but Lord Rosebery made another speech, which soothed the fiery veteran and finally reduced hinf to tears. Dean Hole's book giving his impressions of this country, just 'ont, contains some curious Inaccuracies. Ho "says, for Instance, that in prohibition towns liquor Is generally dispensed in teapots, and tells about a guest in a hotel who, upon calling for something to drink, was told by the landlord: "You will find a little tap near your dressing table In your room, which will put you In communication with the old rye. and you can take what you please for yourself and your friends, as there is a meter on tho other side of- the wall." It cannot be supposed that this was a personal experience of the good den, and it looks, therefore, as if some wag had been "stuffing" him. Dr. Mary Walker i9 now living on a farm about three miles west of Oswego, N. Y. She Is a familiar figure on the streets cf the town, to which ehe d rirf . rve-arly every day. She always wears a futtult of black broadcloth, with Prince Albert coat and silk hat, and walks with a cane. Dr. Mary's pet hobby Is "the emancipation cf her sex," and her latest plan looking to that 'end she describes a3 follows: ,"My intention is to make my place a sort of training school for women, and when such a thing i3 desired a practical instruction in artual field work will be given. There will be nothing in mv plans that will even suggest the wearing cf bloomer?, although, of course, the girls who com here will have their own choice of wearing apparel. This will not be a new woman's colony, tut tho new wife's training school." If that word Boer you would pronounce, And find your tongue is balky. Just speak it as they probably Pronounce it in Milwaukee. -Chicao Tribune. WAR MAP OP CAXADA. Prepared Year Ago Under General Hancock's Supervision. Cleveland Leader. That the United States is not blind to the military condition of the- Dominion of Canada was indicated in an interview with Maj. Samuel Darker, . of this city, who was an artillery officer during the civil war. and was mafle brevet major for meritorius conduct. Maj. Barker not long ago took an important part in tho preparation of a war map of Canada, and when asked about the matter yesterdy. .ha paid: "The studies and invetigntions that am always in progress by the members of our regular army are not generally of a public character, an-i but rarely command public attention. It 4s nevertheless a fact that such study Is a part of tho system, and it is through that system kept at all times possessed with every important knowledge necessary to enable it to render the most effective and prompt action in meeting any condition which might confront it. "With no thought of prospective foreign entanglements, tut as a part of its general system to at all times seek information bearing upon its efiliciency, there was, some few years ago 1SS1 prepared for Maj. Gen. Hancock 'A War Map of Canada. "Maj. Joseph Manser, thn of the First United States Artillery, and now of tho Inspector-general's department, outlined the scope of the work, and I was selected to make the necessary investigations and give them form. Thl3 map measures about six by four feet, and took several moroths In its completion. "D'.rcetlv upon the face of each county or borough division , is given the number of its population, number available for military duty, any garrison or fort, number If garrisoned, anl its general condition if an abandoned work: its products, agricultural or mineral, with character of each and possible quantities; every railroad with its connections and predominating character: watr supply: character of rivers location of for.!?, etc.. etc., of that division. "Georgian Tlay and Its possibility have been thoroughly treated. The Welland canal, the whole canal system of the St. Iwrence, and the canal connection of the St. Lawrence and Lake Charnplaln. are fully given, and a cross section drawing of each canal given with its dimensions and character of construction. "Gen. Sherman expressed himself ns much pleased with thi work, and called It the Strategic Map of Canada. It Is undoubtedly at hand for ready reference, with any subsequent data that may have been obtained." A Gentlemanly Laureate. Richard Henry Stoddard. One thing it is safe to predict of Mr. Austin, and that is that whatever he may write in his capacity a1 laureate will be well considered, teirperate in tor.e. scholarly in expression and in perfect poetic taste. (hnnre to Reform. Chicago Tribune. Persons who are addicted to the absurd an 1 annovlng practl-e of calling it program will find this a good time of year for making a resolution to reform. Explanation. Kansas City Journal. Andrew Carnegie Is now said to be an American to the core. That may explain whv Mr. Carnepie has a castle in Scotland and lives over there. In n Qunndary. Philadelphia North American. Murat Halsted wants to know if Grover is at sea. Now. there's the exact trouble. Grover doesn't know where he is at. Undetermined. Kansas City Journal. Matters are approaching a crlsla In Cuba, but whether it is a real or merely a telegraphic remains to be seen. -

NEWS PRINTED IN 1807

IT TOLD OF FEELIXG I1ETWEEX THE UXITED STATES AXD E.GL.ND, And ltd Tenor and Spirit Did Xot Differ from That Xow Reins Printed Letter from Robert Fallon. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: I have lately received two copies of an English paper published in 1S07. It3 title 13 The Courier. The dates are Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. 1S07. This daily is presumably published in London; however, nothing in the caption or any article, correspondence or advertisement shows it to a certainty. The .news and correspondence from nearly every place where such a paper would likely have been published, except London, tends to the probability that it is the London Courier. The news from America In this now old daily paper reads very much like what we read to-day, except that now only a few hours elapse between the date of the correspondence and the date of publication In the paper; whereas then it was sometimes as much as four months. I quote the column for Aug. 21, 1807, in full, punctuation, false syntax and all: AMERICA. 'New York July 20th "We have heard a report yesterday, that letters had been received in town from Halifax, stating that two regiments, in addition to those sent thither some months since, were expected at that place; and a considerable force was also expected at Quebec, among which were three regiments of Scotch Highlanders. Aurora." "Albany July 21st "On Saturday a report was current in town that the Brittish Government in Canada had Interdicted all communication with the States, but we could trace it to no authentic source." "New York, July 21st. "A letter, dated Norfolk, July 17th, says, that the Chesapeake will be fit for service In ten days. "We have been favored with the perusal of two letters, written by respectable American gentlemen at Canton, to their correspondents In this city, (received this morning via Salem), of as late date as March 24th, 1807. These letters state, that the difference between the Chinese and Brittish had not been accommodated; that the Viceroy adhered to his demand for reparation, to which the English Commandant would not accede; that the chief of the Brittish factory had determined to send the ships to England with that part of their cargoes which was then on board, and which was not more than would ballast them. That the business in American and country ships went on as usual; and that the Americans were considered In the most favorable light by the Chinese. Pol. Reg." "Norfolk, July 18th. "Some Retaliation. Last evening an express arrived at headquarters to the commander, General Matthews, from Captain Shepherd, of the troop of cavalry stationed near the cape The Intelligence the express brought is of great importance it announces the first act of retaliation for the outrages of the Brittish squadron. "The substance of the Intelligence as far as we are informed, and our information may be relied on. Is, that a boat with five men, viz, two midshipmen and three sailors, was seen to land on thursday evening, on the east side of the inlet; the peeplo camo on shore, and were fired at by a detachment of militia under the command of a Lieutenant from Kempsvillc. They retreated and took refuge In the woods Information having been given to Captain Shepherd of the place to which they had retired, it was immediately surrounded. In the morning they were discovered, and surrendered themselves prisoners without resistance. The boat and arms on board of her have been taken possession of and the men are now prisoners at Mr. Lemuel Cornicks' waiting the orders of the General. "We are authorized to state, that in consequence of information received that the Brittish squadron had departed Hampton Roads, and had taken a station off our Capes, the Executive have suspended the march to Hampton of the 00 malitia ordered out from General White's brigade. They have been permitted to return to their respective homes, with orders to hold themselves In readiness to take the field at a moment's warning. "We understand, that an application being made to the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of the President's proclamation, he has advised, that its provisions are not meant to include British merchant vessels, although armed and bearing letters of mark. Relf." "We are Informed by a'Powtomack Pilot, that on Wednesday, being about two and a half leagues from the lighthouse on Cane Henry, spoke an English schooner, of fourteen guns, bound to Lynhaven Bay, where she went, but did not anchor. In about an hour afterwards the Triumph and Melampus got under way, and uiider a press of sail, with the schooner in company, steered E. N. II "It has been stated In several Papers that Mr. Ersklne was at Washington when a discussion relative to seamen took place between Mr. Madison and that Minister, who had consented to waive all claim to them. Mr. Erskine, we are well Informed, denies that his opinion was ever asked, or that he ever gave any on the subject, and we moreover understand that he has expressed a wish that the report should be contradicted. "We notice this merely with a view to present a correct statement of the facts, for we never look to but one point In this case, and which is, that under no circumstance whatever, should a national ship be visited, or her crew mustered, but by her own oftloers. The ship, like our territory, must bo sacred, or we are not Independent." It will be noticed that the writers then used the comma, and capital letters more numerously than now. Also, that correspondents then, as now, made many statements that had to be corrected or contradicted by themselves, as well as by others. In the next issue, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1R07, the news from Norfolk bears date July 6, giving a correspondence between the Mayor and commodore Douglas. In which there was a misunderstanding of each other's meaning, but after some further effort was straightened up. The 1-Tst paragraph of the Norfolk news, is as follows: "Whatever may be the result of this business finally, we are confident that the Impressions which It has made will nver be effaced. The necessity of bMng always prepared, has been so clearly demonstrated, that we persuado ourselves that hereafter we shall not find many advocates for the system, which prefers economy to safety." PATRIOTIC SPIRIT. Tho news from New York reads (in spirit) like it was written last week. It is as follows: "New York, July 14. "It Is a cause of congratulation that vigorous measures are adojrtlng to fortify our exposed points, and to place tho nation in a situation to repel any attack that may be made. Government Is about to dispatch a national vessel, with Instructions to our minister In London, and in the interim such measures may be adopted, as will enable us, in case reparation is not made, to purrue the only course that will then remain. War with Britain will certainly be injurious to both countries but great as th injury may be. it will certainly be preferable to the situation in which we now stand. "It is high time the question was decided, whether wo are to yield to the Imperious and unjust demands of Britain whether we are to continue to "be amused with fruitless negotiations and appearances of Justice or whether we are to assert and maintain our indisputable rights. A love of peace is a characteristic of the American people they wish to stand a'.oof from the broils that disturb other powers of the world and it is certainly their Interest to do so. liut they have no idea of submitting to every indignity which a petty naval officer may choose to intllct. or yield to any power on earth those rights and privileges which have heretofore been held sacred among nations, and without which our country would be little better than a dependent province. If we are to yield to Britain the right (the power she has.) of impressing indiscriminately our seamen, of searching our ships of war, of depredating on our commerce, of blockading our ports, of murdering our citizens we had better at once renounce our independence and merge our name and nation in that of Britain. "Now is the time to try the temper of Rritain towards this country. Never was there a better occasion, and. if lost, it may never occur again. From the steps already taken by our. government we may expect that they will not be backward in improving the present opportunity to obtain ample reparation for past injuries and assurances, full and satisfactory, that they shall not be repeated. A short period will decide the question while that is at Issue, let us aJopt that excellent maxim, which was one of the political axioms of our beloved Washington si vis pacem para bellum." LETTER FROM RORERT FULTON. The foregoing is followed by a letter from Robert Fulton as follows: . "New York, July 13. "To Return Livingston. Esq.: "I have arranged with the Secretary of Marina and War that my submarine ex

periments for destroying a brig of 200 tons shall commence on Saturday next at 11 o'clock, for which purpose the brig hall be anchored between Governor and Ellis's island. "The operations of Saturday will be to exhibit with dumb torpedoes the various modes by which vessels may be assailed and destroyed, while at anchor or under sail, and on Monday next, between the hours of 12 and 2. it will be shown how an enemy's vessel or vessels, on entering our ports, may be annihilated, to rrove which the brig shall be blown up. "As the success of such experiment may become of Importance to those who are interested In the safety of New York. I beg leave, through you. to invite the Governor, Mayor and members of the corporation, with such other persons as you may think proper. Those gentlemen who may think proper to attend will have the goodness to provide themselves with good row boats and meet me at Governor's island on Saturday morning, between the hours of 10 and 11, that I may exhibit to them the machinery before the engines are put into the water. "I am, sir. your most obedient and very humble servant. ROBERT FULTON." On July 21 It was announced that on Saturday last a great concourse of people attended on the Battery to witness the explosions announced by Mr. Fulton. But, as usual in such exhibitions, the fire lock was placed oa the under side, of the torpedo, and when it was sprung the powder dropped out before the spark of fire reached It and no explosion occurred. He made a change, and after several trials the explosion was accomplished, but not till most of the spectators had gone home. Mr. Fulton then wrote a long letter to the Governor, Mayor and members of the corporation, explaining the cause of the several failures and expressing great regret therefor, went on to give the great advantages that would result from his invention. But the war did actually come a few years later, and Mr. Fulton's torpedoes were not used to any great extent if at all. It will most likely be the same with Mr. Edison's proposed electric torpedoes. No man can make and set a trap that some other man can't discover and spring without being caught in It. Every war engine of the past has been obliged to have a brave man behind it to work it and push It. It will In all probability be the same In the future. Mr. Edison's torpedoes fifteen miles out at sea, to b fired by the touch of a ship against a wire, may catch one or two ships, but after that a dummy with a deep drag will b sent ahead to fire the torpedoes, after which the coast will be clear for the ships. I saw these explosives and other protections fully tried and exploded when Farragut's fleet ran past Forts Jackson and Philip in April, 1SC2. The Confederates felt so secure against attack that they spoke of our proposed expedition to New Orleans with the utmost contempt before their chain across the Mississippi was cut. their fire rafts tied up to the shore, the forts run past by our fleet and their Iron-clad gunboats above the forts sunk. Ware will never be made without brave men; and whoever has the most and best of these will win. It will be easier for the enemy's war ships to hit our seaboard cities than It will for our torpedoes to reach their ships. I was surprised that so little was said, In these two old papers of Napoleon Bonaparte, who was then a big, active and all important figure in the world. The only reference to him was in describing the military operations In Haytl, when it was said the natives under Touissaint were fortifying the island so well that with their .0,000 soldiers Bonaparte could not subdue them with" any force he could spare for that purpose. In tho news taken from the French papers one Item Is as follows: "At the moment when the two Emperors and the King of Prussia were together at Tilsit, the wife of M. Stancovitz, a public functionary at Gumblnnen, was delivered of three male children, which were baptized on the 10th of July by the names of Napoleon, Alexander and Frederick." Stocks were quoted, and the receptions and parties given by lords and ladies and race courses were reported, with the many winnings and losings. Great remedies were advertised and assured to cure stone in the bladder and gravel, with certificates of patients who had been cured, then as now. Yet all the people then cured by those great and Infallible remedies are dead, and their greatgrandchildren are advertising still different and better remedies for the same ailments, and certificates of patients to the efficacy of the remedies are still given now as then. JOHN T. CAMPBELL. Rockville, Ind., Jan. 6.

HARD WORK GETTIXO TO CURA. Perils of an Expedition That Didn't Know How to Do tlie Trick. Boston Herald. Capt. J. Chapleau. now in command of a Cuban battery of insurgents, who was one of a number of men who joined an expedition in this country for Cuba, was formerly a resident of East Cambridge, and was a member of a company in the Ninth Regiment. He has sent the Herald a couple of letters giving an account of his experiences in getting to Cuba, which are filled with, exciting adventures. An Idea of the dangers of entering urJon a filibustering expedition may be gathered from an abstract of his story of the experiences of this particular party. The expedition was one of the strongest of several which started for Cuba, and was thoroughly equipped, with a large supply of repeating rifles, revolvers, machetes, artillery pieces and a big supply of ammunition. The expedition numbered over three hundred men. fThe expedition left Portland harbor early In November on a tug, and met another tug outside the harbor, which carried a lot of small arms and ammunition. Arrangements were made to meet again outside the harbor, and the tug which was spoken left to return to Portland for coal. This was at 10 o'clock at night, and the tug was to lay to until midnight for the other one, after which it was to steam to sea sixty miles and fall in with the steamer which was to take the party to Cuba. Unfortunately, a storm aro?e, and the two tugs failed to see each other, and the boat which carried the members of the party was o'olleed to beat about all night In a heavy tea and rainstorm. The tug was very much crowded, and the men were terribly seasick. After sailing about for reveral 'hours the tug -finally put to sea In the face of the storm, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the steamer was sighted. Ry G o'clock the men were all transferred from the, tug to the steamer, and the supplies also safely stowed. Then the voyage to Cuba began In earnest.. It was rough nil the way, and the men were pretty well used up as a result of heasickr.ess. Captain W'eathersby and Captain Joseph Chapleau, who gave an account of the Incidents of the trip, drilled the men. The latter was commissioned a captain and assigned to a battery of artillery. The expedition arrived off the coat of Cuba on Nov. 13, and on- Friday evening, Nov. 15, at about 10 o'clock, the Captain of the steamer which carried the party Informed thc?e In charge that it was time to lower the hosts and make for the fiore. Four large boats were lowered and Ijaded with ammunition, but they were r.ot large enough to hold the men and the supplies, and two more boats were purchased from the steamer at JlTiO each. When one of these beats was loaded It took water so fast that the supnlie ihad to be put ir.to another one. Four of the boats, after being loaded, were tied to the stern of the Hteamcr. All of a sudden a storm eame up, and one cf the boats was blown from the bow of the steamer toward the stern. The mn in the other boats realized that they would soon be struck by It. and terror reigned for a time. However, they were in a sort of lee In the wake of the steamer, and escaped the terrific force of the squall. The Captain of the steamer, it is said, told those In charge of the boats to tie them In a single file and he would tow them nearer shore. He started un the steamer, but the boats srhipped water so fast that they were in danger of sinking, and more line, was aeked for. It is claimed that the Captain said he could give no more rope. At that moment the ptorm redoubled in fury, and It was terribly dark. The men in the boat3 heard the fplasn of the propeller, but noticed that the boats di l not move. Then they realized that the steamer had droppJ the fine, and as they saw her turn and go directly away from them their worst fears were verified. They were abandoned at sea In a bad storm, with overloaded boats and no food or water. -Land was nowhere in sight, and the boats were leaking and shipping water at every lurch of the waves. Col. Thomas Collero had a compa?s, anl It was soon set. To reach the shore it was found thst a harl row would have to be taken acalnst a strong wind. The Colonel sat in the bow of the leading boat anl smoked seventeen cigars to Ifrlit the blnnncl box anl keep the course. The men worked hard, but the boats leakel badIv, and were In danger of filling anl rlnUng at any moment. At Inst General ''flrlllo gave orders to lighten them up bv throwing overboard packages of rifles, cutlasses and on of the two nieces of artlllerv. Even this wa not sufficient to keep the boat afloat, and the men were compiled to ball all right. When day broke Jt was found that the boats "were headed toward the shore, but that they were about twenty miles away from it. Tne, tkle was also against the beats p.nl the men beinir tired were able to give but little strength to the oars. For six hours they rowel hard, but made little hedwav. The sun came out strong and hot rnl the men bein to suffer from thirst. They rowed all that dy. and at sundown were about five mMes from shore. At 11 o'clock at night breaker were hearl ahead and tbe men began to proceed more cautiously. When thev pot near the- shore It was discovered they were right In front of

a fort and surrounded by war vessels. At first it was decided to put to sea, bat thi plan was changed, and the men were ordered to row for the hore as fast as possible. The boats were sent throjgh the breakers, whicn were heavy, but a f landing was made. It was about midnight when, the shore was reached. Then the work of unloading the boats began, as the ammunition and guns hai to be put oat of sight before daylight. The men were told that it was a matter of life anl death with them, and although they were hardly able to stand up, the wjrk was accomplished in a few hours. The men then lav down to get a short rest on the sand. They suffered wit cold and were in a pitiable state when ordered to work again. The stuff was then taken into a dense forest of palms, anl tho-n came a search for water, whl:h was found ater much hardship. The men got a nighf rest, and then, with the ail o.' guiles, succeeded in getting into the mountains. The exreitlon was detailed to Its place in the armv and Is now fighting from camp to camp, with the enemy always with It. according to the letter of Capt. Joseph) Chapleau. He Informs the Hcrall that he Is to be made a colonel, as Is also Captain Weathersby. who Is with him. for braverv displayed in getting the expedition safely through. This account may be interesting from the point that it gives an Idea of the hardships and dangers to be experienced In accompanying a filibustering expedition Into a country rampant with war and pillage. DIVIDED CAXADIAXS.

Only the Province or Ontario CanUaU ly Supports England. Hartford Courant. We find this paragraph in a Boston newipaper: "If anybody thinks the Canadians themselves would shed an ounce of blood to keep themselves under British domination he knows little of the real sentiments of our northern neighbors. They would say, witta entire justice, that the war was England's and not Canada's, that If her gracious Majesty the Queen insisted on holding fast her dominion she must do the fighting and pay the bills." Evidently tho Canadians of the Boston newspaper are evolved from Its Internal consciousness. The real Canadians we are speaking now of Ontario and the maritime provinces especially, but the same thing Is true of the Englih-Canadlans and ScotchCanadians generally are as unlike these Imaginary Canadians as the real Yankee is unlike the Yankee of Punch. They are sentimentally and effusively loyal, resembling In that respect all other colonial Britons the world over. This is as true, as a rule, of the "native-born" (celebrated by Rudyard Kipling in sounding verses) as of their parents. The British crown is resplendent in their eyes. They swell with the sense of part ownership in the empire of the globe-circling drumbeats. "A Britlsa subject I was born," saM the late Sir John Macdonald, "and a British subject I will die." The Canadian Tories are carving that saying of his on their monuments. He spoke for them all. or nearly all. The Boston newspaper thinks they wouldn't fight. We venture to question the correctness of the Boston newspaper's opinion. They're & rretty stocky lot up in Ontario, with pretty good fighting blood in their veins. Of course they would get tho worst of it very quickly, ' if it ever came to blows; mere pluck hasn't much show when pitted against equal pluck and overwhelmingly greater numbers. But at the first start-off we should expect things to be quite lively along a portion of our northern frontier. The French-Canadians are a different folic altogether. They are the descendants of men who fought the English, and whom the English overpowered and conquered. Their loyalty to the crown is of the passive rather than the effusive kind. Of late they have been becoming more and more uneasy abcut their future in an Increasingly English and Protestant dominion not without cause. Probably If they cou'.d be assured as to certain matters relating to their language, their church and their schools the French Roman Catholics would be quite willing to eee their Province of Quebec become a State of the Union. Probably they would be still better pleased to have it all to themselves as an independent little commonwealththe "New France" of Paul Bourgefs dreams. In any case we should not. expecCOn the deplorablo event of war) to see our troops stubbornly opposed in the field or bushwhacked between times by the peace-loving habitants of the French province. As for the Irish-Canadians well, if there is a region of either hemisphere where Irish lads are born with the love of England in their hearts it isn'.t marked on any of the Courant's maps. MOItMOX III MACK. Their 3Iecca on the BIjc Illne River in the Stnie of Kannni. St. Louis Piepubllc. During the past two months hundreds of Mormons, residing near Independence, Mo.; Nauvoo, 111., and in Lee county, Iowa, havo been making their annual pilgrimages to the old Mormon crossing of the 1U H1j river in Marshall county. Near this historic spot are the Alcove springs, where t' many of their people were massacred by the Indians in im as they were making their way across the great American desert to Salt lake. They have been visiting the old crossing in small bands since the 1st of September, crossing th Big Blue where their forefathers did and resting a few daya near the springs, whert- religious services were regularly held in commemoration of the early pioneers who braved the dangers and opened, the way to tne new Mormon settlement at alt lake. The old Mormon, or "Independence" crossing of the Big Blue is one of the most historic spts in Kansas. It has been visited by thousands of Mormons since the days of 1W. and the people who now live in the vicinity look forward to the pilgrimage of these people every year as one of the Incidents of special fote in Marshall county. It is the most beautiful and romantic pot in all Kansas. The Big Blue river is a stream as clear as crystal, and the Alcove fprlnct are located In a sequestered nook, which seems to have been made by natuTe for such gatherings as these. When the first Immigrant trains carrying the Mormon people and their lelonglnKto tho Great Salt lake crossed the IVff Blue at this now hitcr!c :iot there was scarcely a vestige of civilization In that region of country. For ages its prairies had been covered with a waving sea of wild grasses; vast herds of buffalo had for numberless years wandered almost unmolested across them. Nothing disturpei Itf solitude save an occasional band of nomalic Indians in starch cf prey or plunder and the hardy frontiersman, who is always found far in advance t-f civilization. As early as 1S2? VaJ. Stephen H. Long crossed that pari of Kansas now known as Marshall countv In commanl of an expedition from Pittsburg to the Rockv mountains. General Fremont, on his expelltlon to the Rocky mountains In 1SI2-4I. passed through that section of the State arM mentions f r his travels Several Immigrant wasons en, route to Oreiron. It was In 1S17 thit John Smith, the Mormon apostle, with his band of followers from Illinois, opened hi way through this country. crosln the VW FJu river at the old "Mormon." "Iniepende nee" or "California" crossing. Thl was sit miles be',o7 h preset ' town of MaryvHle. the county seat of Marshall county. For two rears the exiled Latter-da v Saints5 parsed over the trail that led to this crossing of the Blst Blue river. At one time a Mo-mon camnh arty was surrounded by Trlians at this famous -pot, an! all were kl'ied. Amonir the Tartv were sevoral el lrs rT the Mormon fal'h. who were going to the Western home to Inok after the spiritual welfare of the pione- who had pnne before. Ever slrce the Mormon of Missouri. Illinois anl Iow:i bave male annual pll?rlmaces to the Alcove pr!ngs, where appropriate services are h"!d. HEALTH EXPERIMENTS. How They Are Carried Ont in the) French Armv mul Ilralt Noted. Popular Science Monthly. Among the. soldiers -unW the military government cf Paris there were tl typhoid cases in 1SSS. The following year the number increased to 1.173. At that time the water cf the Vanne was substitute! for the contaminated Seine water. The caves th''next four year numbered. repectlvely, on!-' 2fX, 279. 213 and Z'A. I.ast year the Vanne ltse If became contaminated through an accident, the history of which has been, traced conclusively. The nult was an increase of tyiJiold cases In the Paris garrison to 436. of which Zy occurred In the three months of February. March anl April. During January and Frbruary of the present year (l'C) there were only eight cases in all. The feet that typhoid fever comes ani goes with impure drinking water eoM hardly receive a more striking demonstration. Yet the possibility has been realize! in the experience of Melun. a garrison town of about twelve thousand inhabitants. Ituated on the Seine, twenty-elcnt miles above Paris. Here, in 19. there were) 12? cases of tvpholl fver amonc the o!dier. Tse Chamberlain filters Past;ur system) were then Introduced, and the cases of the following years numbered, respectively, fifteen, six, two, seven anl seven again for SH. Suddenly, during the severe weather of February of this year, twenty-elht dragoons, one after the othr, came down with the fever. The Infantry battalion, living in 'he same barracks, had not a sincle case. The secret was soon out. The filters had ben allowed to freeze and the soldiers were ordered to drink only the weak infusion of tea furnished th-ni. Jn whih. of course the water was boiled. The dragoons hai simply not obeved. but had helped themselves to the Seine water from the hy dranta.

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